Monthly Archives: December 27, 2011

China, India and Myanmar have finalised a joint programme for biodiversity management, climate change adaptation, cultural conservation and sustainable economic development in the Brahmaputra-Salween landscape of the eastern Himalayas, a landscape shared by the three countries.

Impassioned speeches by the environment ministers of China and India capped the finale of the UN climate summit that ended at Durban, South Africa, with the adoption of the Durban Package in the early hours of Sunday, nearly a day and a half behind schedule.

Already way past deadlines, the fortnight long UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, was going down to the wire on Saturday evening, as ministers and bureaucrats from 194 countries continued their meetings behind closed doors.

As the fortnight long UN climate summit in Durban, South Africa, went into a series of closed door meetings on its extra day Saturday, some hope emerged by the mid-afternoon that there may be a deal yet.

The UN climate summit went into extra time in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, with no agreement in sight. Developed and developing countries continued to bicker over who should do what to limit emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) that are warming the globe.

As the annual summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) wound down towards its final hours in Durban, South Africa, on Friday, the blame game by rich nations became more vicious. European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard started the day by singling out India and calling it a deal breaker.

The second last day of the United Nations’ annual climate conference saw agreements break down in room after room on Thursday, despite warnings from scientists around the world that the window to take much stronger action to combat climate change is closing rapidly.